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In 1905 he married Faith Stone, and after being married for over fifty years, he married twice again as a widower each time. His sister, Fay Compton, became a well-known actress, known for the role in “Peter Pan.”. He was the rector of the University of Glasgow from 1931 to 1934.
Jan 13, 2023 · Sir Compton Mackenzie died at his Edinburgh home in 1972 and was buried on the Isle of Barra, the place that provided him with a home and inspired his most successful novel. Image Extract...
Grave of Compton Mackenzie, Eoligarry, Isle of Barra. Mackenzie went to great lengths to trace the steps of his ancestors back to his spiritual home in the Highlands, and displayed a deep and tenacious attachment to Gaelic culture throughout his long and very colourful life.
Aug 8, 2005 · The simple grave of a remarkable man: prolific author, playwright and magazine publisher. A friend of his played a pipe Lament at the funeral, and himself collapsed and died.
Nov 30, 2022 · Andrew Doyle. November 30, 2022 10mins. It was a most fortuitous shipwreck. The S.S. Politician floundered on rocks near the island of Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides in February 1941, cutting short its journey from Liverpool to the USA. The hull was breached and the ship could not be saved.
Jan 13, 2016 · Mackenzie died in Edinburgh in 1972, aged 89, and was buried in an ancient graveyard on Barra, close to the house he had built there, and not far from the real life events that inspired Whisky Galore.
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Sir Compton Mackenzie was knighted in 1952. He died in Edinburgh in 1972 at the age of 89, and was buried on Barra, in an ancient graveyard not far from the house he had built.
